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litigant

[lit-i-guhnt] / ˈlɪt ɪ gənt /
NOUN
defendant
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NOUN
plaintiff
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NOUN
respondent
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Jackson didn’t render an ultimate decision on this question, but strongly suggested that she would side with a transgender litigant who presented this argument in a future case.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Heppner wasn’t a rogue litigant trying to replace his lawyers with a chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

The judge said it was "most unsatisfactory" that a litigant would attack the jury and accused him of disregarding the court rules.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024

Ridley-Thomas’ appellate case marks Watford’s first time appearing as a litigant before his former colleagues since he left the bench in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

On the occasion of a dispute between two of his vassals about the boundaries of a manor, the defeated litigant bribed one of Nobunaga's principal staff-officers to appeal for reversal of the judgment.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley


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